STARTO Countdown Concert to Stream Live on Netflix in Over 190 Countries
Netflix is putting a Japanese year-end music live in front of a simultaneous worldwide audience for the first time, which raises the countdown concert from a domestic ritual to a global live product with three parts instead of one.
Reporting from 1 source: Ota-Jo.
STARTO ENTERTAINMENT will stream its year-end countdown concert, COUNTDOWN CONCERT 2026-2027 STARTO to WORLD, live on Netflix on December 31, 2026, in over 190 countries and regions. The event began in 1996 as a charity effort for Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake recovery and reaches its 30th anniversary in 2026. A pre-program and a backstage "Behind" program will also stream exclusively.
The concert itself is only one of three parts. A pre-program is planned for December 2026, with the performing artists discussing their thoughts and the run-up to the show, and a "Behind" program will follow the backstage. The main live airs on Thursday, December 31, 2026. STARTO and Netflix have worked together before on WE ARE! Let's get the party STARTO!! and on the previous year-end countdown live, COUNTDOWN CONCERT 2025-2026 STARTO to MOVE, along with its making-of footage.
- Pre-program: Scheduled to stream in December 2026, with performing artists discussing their thoughts before the concert
- COUNTDOWN CONCERT 2026-2027 STARTO to WORLD: Live stream on Thursday, December 31, 2026
- Behind program: Follows the backstage of the live
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